Fantasy Sports Ventures, which is the parent company of the FantasyPlayers.com Network, acquired HoopsHype.com, a pro-basketball news and info site with a fantasy sports bent. HoopsHype, which now claims more than a half-million unique users a month, was founded in Spain in 2002. The purchase price is reported in the “low-seven figures”. The FantasyPlayers.com Network includes more than 100 fantasy sports and related web sites, including HoopsWorld.com, Collegehoops.net, DraftExpress.com, HoopsKlyce.com, and delivers approximately 5 million unique users per months.
